There was no other work to do today and the weather was good, so the two of them got up and started to dry the quilts. It had been too wet a while ago, so it would be better to dry them in the sun. Although there was no work to do today, Yan Bingfa still brought a few children over for a stroll.
"Why, it's boring over there, so you have to come over here to play." Zhou teased, "Have you taken out the quilts at home to dry?"
"Grandma, it was dried yesterday."
"I'm just worried, so I came to check. There's nothing to do back home." Yan Bingfa looked at the vegetable garden. "The seedlings aren't sprouting. Are they all dead?"
"Most likely dead. Plant again in the spring. Didn't your daughter say a few days ago that she wanted to eat some different vegetables? Go to the vegetable vendors tomorrow and buy some as well."
Yan Bingfa patted Yan Qi's head and said, "We have a little foodie and a big foodie."
Yan Qi grinned and said, "I'm the little foodie, and my aunt is the big foodie." The other children followed suit and covered their mouths and laughed.
"Auntie is a foodie, so you guys have delicious food, and you're still laughing!" Chunxiao glared at them and said, "Dad, do we have to wait until December to sell our pigs?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on when people come to collect. Usually there are more people in December, and some people come at the end of the month too. What do you want to do?"
"Didn't I tell you, big brother? I want to save some meat for pickling. That way I'll have it ready to eat in the future, and I don't have to buy it all the time."
"We'll see when the time comes. If we kill them, we'll keep some."
Chunxiao saw that the children were doing nothing. "Come here, you guys. Auntie has a task for you. There's a pile of stones outside the yard. Pick up some small ones and spread them inside the yard. You can spread them anywhere except the vegetable garden. Just lay them down and make sure they are firm."
"What are you doing?!"
"Dad, this muddy ground gets too dirty when it rains. I'll lay stones on it so it won't get muddy and dirty your shoes."
"Once you leave this yard, you'll still be covered in mud." There is no place in the countryside that is not mud, and it is unavoidable no matter what.
"Isn't it okay if I don't go out? As long as the yard looks clean, that's all that matters."
Although Yan Bingfa thought this was unnecessary, he still started laying stones in the yard with the children. It wasn't tiring work, but it took time. Chunxiao, who had nothing else to do, joined them. They carried the stones while she tamped them down. It had rained so much before, and although the ground was dry, it was still soft, so tamping the stones down wasn't difficult. If there weren't so many stones, she would have covered the entire house with them.
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